The Federalist PapersPenguin, 1 d’abr. 2003 - 688 pàgines A DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED A NATION An authoritative analysis of the Constitution of the United States and an enduring classic of political philosophy. Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers explain the complexities of a constitutional government—its political structure and principles based on the inherent rights of man. Scholars have long regarded this work as a milestone in political science and a classic of American political theory. Based on the original McLean edition of 1788 and edited by noted historian Clinton Rossiter, this special edition includes: ● Textual notes and a select bibliography by Charles R. Kesler ● Table of contents with a brief précis of each essay ● Appendix with a copy of the Constitution cross-referenced to The Federalist Papers ● Index of Ideas that lists the major political concepts discussed ● Copies of The Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation |
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Pàgina xv
... UNION to your political prosperity—The insufficiency of the present Confederation to preserve that Union—The necessity of a government at least equally energetic with the one proposed, to the attainment of this object—The conformity of ...
... UNION to your political prosperity—The insufficiency of the present Confederation to preserve that Union—The necessity of a government at least equally energetic with the one proposed, to the attainment of this object—The conformity of ...
Pàgina xvi
... Union, meaning the necessity of maintaining a and ''well-constructed'' Union as opposed to allowing its dissolution into separate confederacies of states (e.g., a Southern Confederacy, Northern Confederacy, etc.). Publius announces ...
... Union, meaning the necessity of maintaining a and ''well-constructed'' Union as opposed to allowing its dissolution into separate confederacies of states (e.g., a Southern Confederacy, Northern Confederacy, etc.). Publius announces ...
Pàgina xvii
... Union, and the Union seems to be for the sake of safety or self-preservation. Nature is always close to necessity in these papers, and politics close to physics or mathematics in its calculus of the human passions. Publius describes ...
... Union, and the Union seems to be for the sake of safety or self-preservation. Nature is always close to necessity in these papers, and politics close to physics or mathematics in its calculus of the human passions. Publius describes ...
Pàgina xviii
... Union, besides being necessary for our survival, is also useful to liberty. But even these famous papers remain in decisive respects within the horizon of the first volume. According to No. 10, the protection of the unequal faculties of ...
... Union, besides being necessary for our survival, is also useful to liberty. But even these famous papers remain in decisive respects within the horizon of the first volume. According to No. 10, the protection of the unequal faculties of ...
Pàgina xx
... Union may be necessary for our ''political prosperity,'' but what is ''most honorable for human nature'' is disclosed by Publius in the case for the Constitution and its principles, not in the case for the Union (No. 1, p. 30; No. 36, p ...
... Union may be necessary for our ''political prosperity,'' but what is ''most honorable for human nature'' is disclosed by Publius in the case for the Constitution and its principles, not in the case for the Union (No. 1, p. 30; No. 36, p ...
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